# AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage? > Source: > Published: 2026-08-12 10:00:27+00:00 # AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage? [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology) The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: [artificial intelligence](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai) advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half” of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)’s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, [OpenAI](/glossary/openai)’s CEO, [Sam Altman](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/sam-altman), went further, foreseeing the end of “certain job categories”. Companies began citing AI in their layoffs. Workers organized. And students [reconsidered their future careers](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/ai-future-work-technology-white-collar). But a year later, the mass carnage hasn’t shown up. [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/12/ai-job-destruction) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. ## Key Terms Explained [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. [Artificial Intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making. [OpenAI](/glossary/openai) The AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper.